Purpose – The purpose of this issue is to provide an overview of the special issue on practical wisdom for management from the Jewish traditions. Design/methodology/approach – The guest editorial introduces the papers in this special issue, focusing in practical wisdom for management from...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the special issue on practical wisdom for management from the Islamic traditions. Design/methodology/approach – The guest editorial introduces the papers in this special issue, focusing on practical wisdom for management from...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical model that leverages the practical wisdom of the Panch-Kosa framework of yogic philosophy to develop an awareness of spirituality in the organization. It also provides quasi-quantitative empirical evidence to demonstrate its...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how practical wisdom rooted in Buddhism can help modern managers make decisions in contemporary business organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper suggests a model explaining how individual level Buddhist beliefs in Dependent...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present selected Buddhist concepts that are useful to leaders of business and to those that want to increase the performance of their businesses and of their organisations implementing practical wisdom from a Buddhist perspective....